wellway
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Post by wellway on Nov 1, 2017 12:22:49 GMT
We read endlessly about less than stellar people. I thought, how about talking about people who should be noted? I'll start with this lovely story. An 86 year old veteran decided to walk 86 miles to raise funds for the Poppy Appeal. He had a Just Giving page and on Tuesday morning he had raised £300. He got into conversation with a young lady, she posted a selfie and commented on his efforts saying he had a keen sense of direction and a massive heart urging people to donate to his fund raising. The post was picked up by a well known comedian who shared with his fans, by 10.30 Wednesday morning his Just Giving Page had raised over £75,000.  Pics and full story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41824451 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2017 12:32:19 GMT
We read endlessly about less than stellar people. I thought, how about talking about people who should be noted? I'll start with this lovely story. An 86 year old veteran decided to walk 86 miles to raise funds for the Poppy Appeal. He had a Just Giving page and on Tuesday morning he had raised £300. He got into conversation with a young lady, she posted a selfie and commented on his efforts saying he had a keen sense of direction and a massive heart urging people to donate to his fund raising. The post was picked up by a well known comedian who shared with his fans, by 10.30 Wednesday morning his Just Giving Page had raised over £75,000. Pics and full story here www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41824451It's wonderful that he's managed to raise that amount. There are some very good people around and they far outweigh the bad, it's just that we don't often hear about them sadly. A lovely gesture by that young lady to get this out there and start the ball rolling. |
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 1, 2017 12:34:38 GMT
My neighbor routinely brings over cookies and meals for DH (and me, LOL). He has issues with things not tasting good, due to his medications. She's always trying to tempt him with something new.
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Nov 1, 2017 12:35:54 GMT
@dottyscrapper "Many hands" is my motto. I just checked, since it's now a whole two hours since the total was £75,000. It's currently £83,211 !!
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georgiapea
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Post by georgiapea on Nov 1, 2017 12:58:44 GMT
Wellway, that's so wonderful. Amazing what Social Media can accomplish.
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Post by gar on Nov 1, 2017 13:14:10 GMT
That's a fab story wellway 🙂 I met a lovely lady yesterday and got chatting. For Brit peas, she reminded me of Jo Brand...DM boots, cropped grey hair with a red quiff and tattoos everywhere 🙂She was saying how much she was going to miss her family at Christmas, kids and Grandkids, but told me that she worked as a psychiatric nurse on the Isle of Skye (Northern Scotland for the non-UK peas!) and that they needed her there so that's where she'd be. Dedication. |
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Post by amom23 on Nov 1, 2017 13:16:31 GMT
Last night our local HS National Honor Society kids went door to door trick or treating for canned goods for our local food pantry. DS said they got boxes and boxes of food. DS also said lots of homes gave the teenagers some candy too.  |
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